The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-13

by MS grandson, JACK, WHO ndu lust
returned from days sail in the bay.
Good evening, grandfather, said
the young man gaily. How have
you been all day"
"Pretty well, thank you, my boy;
what sort OF day have you hady"
"Far; we had plenty OF wind all
the morning, but it died away in the
afternoon and we had the devil oil n
time getting home. | didn't know
but that we should have to stay ont
all night"
~ am glad you didn't for !
shouldn't have slept a wink worrying
about YOU. | cannot see why you
should want to spend so much time
on the water"
"Welll what else is there to do in
this COMPOUNDED place. don't care
for tennis, and ! get enough ofdanclng
in the winter. II there was only
nice girl to flirt with now, might be
induced to spend more time on terra
frma."
81 suppose Alice Lee isn't nice
enough for you to tlirt with, growled
the old man Indignantly.
"Ohl Alice is nice girl, but then
she isn't my style, replied the young
man in supercilious tones.
you young donkey" burst from
his grandiather's lips, "what in the
name OF all idiotlc, is your stylel"
"Well, Miss Agnes Huntington, or
Miss Belle Greene OF New York, are
two girls whom particularly ad'
mire," rejoined Jack in unabashed
tones.
why they can't hold n candle to
Alice. Two affected, supercilious CO
quotes. Whereas Alice is full OF sense,
intelligence and feeling. She is co OF
thousand. If were " young nlj.a
should try my best to get such q NO
man as my WIFE
"But, grandfather, you know Alice
can't bear me. She treats me as frlg-
IDLY as an iceberg"
"She probably treats you coldly,
because you are distant to her, but
have my reasons for believing that
she has secret tenderness for you,
and that il you liked you could easily
win her"
"What an ideal A tenderness for
me. You must be trying to fool me"
"Not in the least ! am perfectly
serious and mean what | say. i
advise you to think about it be-
fore it il too late, and somebody
else steps in and carries of
the prize that you might have won.
I've nothing more to say to you, and
as it is time we were both in bed, III
wish you good night" and the old
man threw away his hali-linished CT
gar and walked off in an irritated
frame OF mind at Jacks want of sym
pathy with his favorite project.
A few days later Mrs. Bush's picnic
took place, and a gay party OF young
men and maidens with a few older
people to keep them in order, were
ee.e,i ute in the afternoon around
snowy S,'ie"loth spread upon a
grassy 5ss!.,j' vt far from one Of the
boidest ana Il, lest cliffs that give the
coast OF Mount Desert its picturesque
outline-Frank Morton, sitting with
Alice, little apart from the Others,
conversed with her IN soft
low whispers, at the sam
time bending looks OF adora-
ton upon her. Jack was not so much
absorbed by his companions charms
that his attention was not soon
drawn to these manifestations, and
Indifferent though he had expressed
himself to be towards Alice pang oil
jealousy shot through his heart as he
noticed her acceptance OF attentions
from one who a short time before had
NJ OF n
the past few days Jack mad, IN spite
OF himself, pondered much upon his
grandfather's words, asking himself
many times if what the old man SAID
IN regard to the state OF Alice's feeling
could possibly be true. As was nat
ural, his curiosity and interest mad
been aroused, and now that she SEEM
ed so highly appreciated by another,
she began to grow desirable to his
eyes. He seemed to see her
as never before. lie noticed
how exquisite the expression OF her
eyes, how perfect the cut other features,
how delicate and harmonious her
cooring, and refined her air and bear
ing. He acknowledged that as his
grandfather had said, she was one OF
thousand, not only in outward APP
pearance but in inner worth, and he
bewailed his stupidity Mt letting an
other get chance at the prize which
he might have won. He forgot to
make himself agreeable to the young
lady beside him, and became silent
and absorbed in his own thoughts.
Hap0ily for her a reinforcement soon
arrived from the heights above, and
this scene OF sentiment and jealousy
was soon transformed into a merry
one in which songs, gay laughter and
badinage predomnated. At about 9
O'Clock the chaperons collected the